Reader Letters | A place of heroes

As an employee/volunteer at the VA Medical Center here in Louisville, I am so proud and grateful to come to work every morning ... to a place of heroes.

On a daily basis I come into close personal contact with these veterans and their families, as well as loved ones. I've heard their stories. And I think that's part of what makes me proud. Together, they constitute what makes this country great. They're male, female, all colors, races, creeds. And I think, they're mostly you and me. This line from a poem about soldiers seems to sum it up: "I know I didn't like them all, I'm sure they'd all agree. But I would have died for them, I know some did for me."

The Greatest Generation - World War II - are almost gone from our presence. We will most assuredly miss them. Our "Korean police action" veterans (they can describe the feelings of the body in constant temperatures of minus 80 degrees) are growing old.

Our work begins now, with all the more intensity, as our sons and daughters as well as our grandchildren come back to us from yet another life-or-death struggle against evil in its purest form.

I've seen our veterans. They're all not pretty. They're all not gracious. They're all not well-mannered and deserving. They're not for the most part the upper crust.

But they are what keeps this country free. Thank one today. And as with the Vietnam vets, welcome them home.

DAVE ELLIOTT

Pewee Valley, Ky. 40056

Bad behavior

As we raised our children, and now as we watch them raise theirs, our policy has always been to NOT reward bad behavior. Apparently, in politics, the opposite is true.

David Williams has spent his years in leadership of the state Senate getting in the way of progress, taking credit after spending months opposing a good idea, and generally bullying his colleagues to get his way in Frankfort. His "punishment" for such misbehavior? A much sought-after judgeship in his home county.

It is a shame that this is the way "politics" work in our state. Guess we'll have to wait until the next life to see David Williams get his just rewards.

LARRY GATEWOOD

Simpsonville, Ky. 40067

Save Kentucky Kingdom

Everything I learned about being a great employee, I learned at 18 during my first job at Kentucky Kingdom. I was hired as a game barker at "Milk Cans," and was taught how to arrive on time, clock in, work well with others, respect a boss, communicate with the general public and deposit a paycheck into the bank. These invaluable lessons, gleaned at an early age, have had a huge impact on my professional career as an adult. I am extremely hopeful that as Ed Hart's proposal is being considered, they realize that this amusement park is much more than fun rides and carnival games. Kentucky Kingdom is an economic development engine that will allow countless teenagers and young adults, like me, to gain the skills needed to thrive in the workplace.

SHANNON WHITE

Louisville 40207

Many questions

Someone recently said that women secretly want to be raped. If this is true, and there are no abortions, then what happens to these poor unfortunate children when their mothers cannot care for them? Well, are there no orphanages?

And what of these mothers who in frustration turn to drugs or prostitution? Well, are there no prisons?

Yes, let's mourn for those children unborn, and continue to murder those who have been born as collateral damage in our wars.

TERRY E. DECKER

Louisville 40203

Louisville, Kentucky • Southern Indiana

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Reader Letters | A place of heroes

As an employee/volunteer at the VA Medical Center here in Louisville, I am so proud and grateful to come to work every morning ... to a place of heroes.